City of Jefferson

CITY OF JEFFERSON Regular Council Meeting February 27, 2014 6:30pm

COUNCILORS PRESENT: Dave Beyerl, Walt Perry, Ben Pickett, David Jones, Judi Day, Clare Troutman, Pat McKenzie COUNCILORS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Deanna Donato, Steve Human

I. COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER/FLAG SALUTE - Mayor Pickett called the meeting to order at 6:30pm and led in the flag salute.

II. VISITORS

Bill Stam, Cemetery Hill Rd., offered an update on the Indian Veterans Memorial, hoping to have more City Council involvement. He shared with the Council that April 26th was going to be the annual grand opening and spoke on his plans for the event, which included bus tours. He indicated that his was the only memorial that recognized all nations, noting they were also making a special area for the code talkers. He was still working with Steve Human regarding getting signs up to point people in the right direction when the time came and was hoping the City could donate $1,000 to help get the code talkers memorial going. Steve Human indicated that ODOT had not been the most cooperative when it came to the signs and Marion County was willing to work with them. He also suggested that perhaps if money couldn’t be given, that maybe an in-kind donation would be acceptable, to which Bill Stam was grateful.

III. OLD BUSINESS

III.1 Resolution #976, Setting Fees and Policies for Development Applications and Repealing Resolution #952 Councilor Troutman moved to adopt the resolution as presented. Councilor Beyerl seconded. All in favor: Ayes - 6, Opposed - 0. APPROVED.

III.2 Resolution #977, To Set, Update, and Consolidate Fees in Connection With Services & Materials Rendered Commensurate to the Costs Incurred for Time and Materials, and Repealing Resolution #953 After a brief question from Clare Troutman regarding the $25 NSF fee, Councilor Beyerl moved to approve the resolution as presented. Councilor Perry seconded. All in favor: Ayes - 6, Opposed - 0. APPROVED.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

IV.1 FOL Street Closure Request for Annual Festival of Flowers - Entire Council agreed, no questions.

IV.2 Youth Protection Policy

Councilor Troutman moved to approve the staff recommendation to adopt the Youth Protection Policy with an effective date of August 1st. Councilor Beyerl seconded. Discussion: Councilor Perry agreed with the policy but felt it should speak more specifically to bullying. He felt the policy was geared more toward adult offenders and didn’t say enough about peer to peer. The Mayor noted that the policy could be added to later, if needed and he was also interested in putting a bullying policy in place for staff protection. All in favor: Ayes - 6, Opposed - 0. APPROVED.

IV.3 2014 SCA Grant Agreement for 3rd & Conser Street Improvements

of 2 Public Works Director, Steve Human offered some background on the project and grant process before Councilor Beyerl moved to approve the agreement. Councilor McKenzie seconded. All in favor: Ayes - 6, Opposed - 0. APPROVED.

V. DISCUSSION/INFORMATION - None

VI. CONSENT AGENDA - Councilor Beyerl moved to approve, Walt Perry seconded. All in favor: Ayes - 6, Opposed - 0. APPROVED.

VII. COMMITTEE/DEPARTMENT UPDATES

Cemetery - no new info Library Board - established youth protection policies for Council adoption JT! - no new info Planning - meets March 6th Chamber- meets in May Peer Court - Dave Beyerl believes it is out of commission but will do some research. Mayor shared that he talked to the School regarding Jefferson Proud and he would like to do a mock Council with them to teach students about government. He also suggested the City take the money that Peer Court was getting and donate it to Jefferson Proud instead. Councilor Beyerl suggested verifying with legal counsel. Building Comm - no new info LAC - no new info MPO - would be ready and functional as of March; they spoke about the possibility of getting dial a ride and some senior services to Jefferson. Hoped to have more info about costs at the next worksession; also a request for a traffic study between Jefferson and Albany to see if transportation could be added as part of Albany’s public transportation. Fire Board - discussion surrounded raising fees for Fire Med, which they agreed to hold off until next year, as Jefferson fees were lower than those in the surrounding area. The fee would likely go from $50 to $60. School Board - School District recognized Karen Wusstig and also discussed some policy changes/updates for the district. There was in depth discussion about late starts next year for teacher development and they were unsure how they planned to make up for the additional snow days this winter. FOL - Information would be coming before Council at the next meeting

VIII. COUNCIL COMMENTS

Councilor Day felt it was important to get kids involved in government at a young age and hoped the City and Jefferson Proud could come up with something, not only for High School age, but for younger grades as well. Councilor Perry noted the Mint Festival had been cancelled this year for sure. Mayor Pickett hoped to still at least see the parade continue, which would fall to Debbie Human. Bill Stam was also 100% for the parade and hoped the community didn’t let that go.

IX. CALENDAR CHANGES - none

X. ADJOURNMENT - Councilor Beyerl moved to adjourn, Walt Perry seconded. All were in favor and the meeting closed at 7:10pm.

MINUTES APPROVED this 27th day of March, 2014.

______Ben Pickett, Mayor ATTEST:

______Sarah Cook, City Recorder Page 2 of 2